how to use cloud network

[Nan Zhang]

Hi I have fund my mql5 account for using the cloud network, but the status of the could network is alwaly shown as "ready" when I test the strategy. Can someone help me figure this out? Thanks

[Sergey Golubev]

• https://cloud.mql5.com/en/faq - main website
• MQL5 Cloud Network: Are You Still Calculating? - article 
• Speed Up Calculations with the MQL5 Cloud Network - article
• All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud - summary thread

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All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud

Alain Verleyen, 2013.08.20 19:47

A must ! Before using it or asking any question : please read the Online Help  (Also accessible by F1 on your MT5 platform)

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Cloud

Announce of the launch : MQL5 Cloud Network launched.

As Users

• How it works, an overview : Speed Up Calculations with the MQL5 Cloud Network
  
  
• Tester: Optimized work of the MQL5 Cloud Network. Now, when an optimization is launched for the same Expert Advisor, the network tries to use the same testing agents which were used during the previous optimization pass. This is because the required market environment, including the trading history, is already available for such agents. Read more here
  

• Tester agents/Remote agents/MQL5 Cloud Network agents‌/MetaTester 5 Agents Manager are no longer available for use in the 32-bit terminals: they can work only in the 64-bit systems: read more here 

• Prohibition for using testing agents working on virtual OS in MQL5.Cloud - read more here ;(post #9 : MQL5.Cloud is not prohibited on virtual OS; only using testing agents from virtual OS is prohibited in MQL5 Cloud Network)
  
  
• "Due to the apparent lack of memory with an excessive number of agents and a decrease in the speed of calculations on hyper-threading cores, we decided to limit ourselves to only physical cores when working in cloud" - post #60

• Optimization by example : MQL5 Cloud Network : Are you Still Calculating ?

Some useful topic about usage of the Cloud :

• Error message : endless loop detected in OnInit function
• How much it will cost !
  

As Providers (agents)

• Frequently Asked Question about the Cloud Newtwork (FAQ) and How to Participate.

• When you start to provide agents on the Cloud, you have to be patient and use the search engine.

• An example of what you can expect as agents provider or 1 year of Cloud's agents providing 

• User experience.
  
  
• "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" error fixing - the post.
  
  

 

Work in progress, stay tuned !